BROWERS STOP WORKING

[Steve W]

Hi
I've been running XP sp3 for quite some time now and all has been OK.
Suddenly though I've encountered a strange browsing problem that effects ALL
browsers IE7, Firefox3 and that new Google thing.
In practise they just stop browsing !
I don't get any error messages or page not available warning. The browsers
just seem to go into some kind of trance and don't recover pages.
I'm forced to reboot to get them to start working again but it seems that
they only function for a certain time!

It's not a connection problem because I can still connect to my mail and
Skype keeps working.
I've tried scanning with latest the AVAST and also with SpyBot but all to no
avail in that they report a clean machine.

Any help on what could be causing this ??
My PC is updated through MS Update.

Thanks
Steve

 

[Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)]

You may want to reset the router. Or this search result may help.
troubleshooting ie issues
Can't run IE Solved: Can't access the Internet · Can't access a FTP
site .... That computer can access some web sites like www.chigaotech.net
but not ...
www.chicagotech.net/troubleshootingie.htm


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[Steve W]

I don't think it's a router problem. Other computer on my home network is
browsing without problems.

 

[Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)]

In this case, you may try to reset IE. This how to may help.

How to reset IE
http://www.howtonetworking.com/Internet/resetie.htm

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[Steve W]

Have reset router.
Seems to have solved the problem.
Thanks
Steve

 

[Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)]

Thank you for the update.

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Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
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How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
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